The sinking of the Montevideo Maru

On 1st of July 1942, the Japanese steamer, Montevideo Maru was torpedoed and sunk, with 1053 POWs onboard, making it Australia’s greatest maritime disaster & single most loss of lives and yet few Australians have even heard it. This is its story.
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[@Moamabob]

We must never forget William, Henry Harrison Wells, NX27623 Rank: Private Unit: 2/10th Field Ambulance AAMC Service: Australian Army, Lest We Forget.

[@kerenblake7252]

Private Bertram Percy Genat VX44110 2/22nd Australian Infantry Battalion

[@vtbn53]

What a disaster! Tragic that is was by an allied submarine.

[@CheekyKoala]

And something that haunted those poor men for the rest of their lives- the Montevideo Maru was unmarked, they had correctly identified it as an enemy steamer & had no idea that it had POWs onboard